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Message  of  the 
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MESSAGE  OF  THE  PRESIDENT. 


Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  25,  1863. 

To  the  House  of  Representatives : 

I  herewith  transmit,  for  your  information,  communications  from  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  and  the  Attorney  General,  in  regard  to  tho 
sequestratioi^  of  real  estate  belonging  to  alien  enemies,  in  response  to 
your  resolution  of  the  12th  inst. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


COMMUNICATION  FROM  SECRETARY  OF  TREASURY. 


Treasury  Department,  C.  S.  A.,      ) 
Richmond,  Feb.  24,  1863.  J 

The  President  : 

Sir  :  In  response  to  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
requesting  the  President  "to  inform"  that  body  •' what  real  estate, 
if  any,  has  been  sold  under  the  provisions  of  an  Act  entitled  an  Act 
for  the  sequestration  of  the  property  and  effects  of  alien  enemies,  and 
for  the  indemnity  of  citizens  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  persons 
aiding  the  same  in  the  existing  war  with  the  Uniterl  States,  approved 
August  30th,  1861,  and  Acts  amending  the  same,  where  situated,  and 
what  amount  has  been  paid  into  the  treasury  arising  from  such  sales," 
I  have  the  honor  to  enclose  a  report  from  the  register  of  the  treasury 
giving  all  the  information  that  has  reached  this  department  on  the 
subject 

Respectfully, 

C.  G.  MEMMINGER, 
Secretary  of  Treasury. 


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COMMUNICATION  FROM  ATTORNEY  GENERAL. 


C0NFEDER\TE  StaTF.R  OF  AmERICA,  J 

Department  of  Justice,  > 

Richmond,  13th  February,  1863.      ) 

To  THE  President  : 

Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the 
resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  asking  what  real  estate, 
if  any,  and  where  situated,  has  been  sold  under  the  original  and 
amended  sequestration  act,  '*  and  what  amount  has  been  paid  into  the 
treasury  arising  from  such  sales,"  and  to  say  in  reply,  that  this  de- 
partment is  unable  to  furnish  the  information  desired. 

There  is  no  law  nor  regulation  requiring  reports  upon  either  of 
the  points,  to  be  made  to  this  department,  and  none  such  have  been 
made. 

The  13th  section  of  the  original  act  requires  a  copy  of  all  settle- 
ments of  accounts  of  receivers  to  be  forwarded  by  the  clerk  of  the 
court  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Confederate  States,  within  teu  days  *fter 
the  decree,  interlocutory  or  final,  shall  have  been  passed,  etc.,  but  I 
have  no  information  of  the  action  of  the  clerks  under  it. 

Respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

T.  H.  WATTS, 

Attorney  General. 


LETTER  FROM  REGISTER  OF  THE  TREASURY. 


Treasury  Department,  > 
Register's  Office,  February  24th,  1863.      J 

Hon.  C.  G.  Memminger, 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  : 

Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  a  statement  made  in 
pursuance  of  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  adopted 
on  the  12th  inst.,  and  referred  for  reply  to  this  office,  requesting  to 
be  informed  what  real  estate  has  been  sequestrated  under  the  several 
acts  of  Congress  relating  thereto,  where  located,  and  the  amount  paid 
thereon  into -the  treasury.  From  an  inspection  of  the  statement,  you 
will  readily  perceive  that  it  answers  very  meagerly  the  end  intended 
by  the  resolution.  There  has  been,  undoubtedly,  such  property 
sequestrated  in  every  State  where  the  act  has  been  put  into  operation  ; 
but  the  returns  made  to  this  department,  from  the  several  receivers, 
while  they  state  in  detail  +he  amounts  collected,  are,  in  general,  inex- 
plicit, as  regards  the  kind  of  property  upon  which  they  are  made.  It 
would  seem,  from  the  nature  of  the  proceedings  instituted  under  these 
acts,  that  such  full  and  complete  statements  should  be  periodically 
rendered  to  the  office  of  the  Attorney  General,  as  the  proper  depart- 
ment to  receive  them.  Should  it  not  involve  too  great  a  delay,  it 
woul(jl  appear  to  be  advisable  that  a  copy  of  the  resolution  be  sent  to 
each  receiver,  with  a  request  for  a  report  of  sufficient  comprehensive- 
ness to  furnish  a  satisfactory  compliance  with  its  terms. 

I  am,  respectfully, 

•     Your  obedient  servant, 

RO.  TYLER, 
Register  of  the  Treasury. 


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